Mikalai Kamianchuk (Belarusian: Мікалай Камянчук; born 9 August 1987) is a Belarusian pair skater. He has placed in the top ten at four European Championships, skating with Lubov Bakirova and Tatiana Danilova.
| Mikalai Kamianchuk | |
|---|---|
 Danilova / Kamianchuk in 2017 | |
| Native name | Мікалай Камянчук |
| Born | 9 August 1987 Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Figure skating career | |
| Country | Belarus |
| Partner | Tatiana Danilova |
| Coach | Dmitri Kaplun |
| Skating club | Skating School Minsk |
| Began skating | 1992 |
Career edit
Early career edit
Kamianchuk began learning to skate in 1992.[1] He switched from singles to pairs when he was 16 years old.[2]
Kamianchuk teamed up with Russia's Lubov Bakirova in 2009.[3] Appearing at six ISU Championships, the two achieved their best result, 10th, at the 2011 Europeans in Bern and the 2012 Europeans in Sheffield. They competed together until the end of the 2011−12 season.
Partnership with Danilova edit
Kamianchuk returned to competition in 2014–15, partnered with Russia's Tatiana Danilova. Making their debut as a pair, they placed 6th at the CS Golden Spin of Zagreb in December 2014. They won the silver medal at the Toruń Cup in January 2015. They were second at the Belarusian Championships behind Maria Paliakova / Nikita Bochkov.
Danilova/Kamianchuk finished 10th at the 2016 European Championships in Bratislava and 20th at the 2016 World Championships in Boston, coached by Dmitri Kaplun in Minsk.[4]
The pair placed 10th at the 2017 European Championships in Ostrava. They placed 23rd at the 2017 World Championships in Helsinki.
Programs edit
With Danilova edit
| Season | Short program | Free skating |
|---|---|---|
| 2016–18 [1] |
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| 2015–16 [4] |
With Bakirova edit
| Season | Short program | Free skating |
|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 [3] |
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| 2009–11 [5][6] |
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Competitive highlights edit
With Danilova edit
| International[7] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 2014–15 | 2015–16 | 2016–17 | 2017–18 |
| World Champ. | 20th | 23rd | ||
| European Champ. | 10th | 10th | ||
| CS Golden Spin of Zagreb | 6th | 8th | ||
| CS Mordovian Ornament | 5th | |||
| CS Nebelhorn Trophy | 12th | |||
| CS Warsaw Cup | 4th | 6th | ||
| Toruń Cup | 2nd | |||
| National[7] | ||||
| Belarusian Champ. | 2nd | 1st | 1st | |
With Bakirova edit
| International[8] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 2009–10 | 2010–11 | 2011–12 |
| World Champ. | 19th | 19th | 21st |
| European Champ. | 17th | 10th | 10th |
| Nebelhorn Trophy | 8th | ||
| NRW Trophy | 7th | 2nd | |
| Warsaw Cup | 2nd | ||
| National[8] | |||
| Belarusian Champ. | 1st | 1st | 1st |
References edit
- ^ a b "Tatiana DANILOVA / Mikalai KAMIANCHUK: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 22 February 2017.
- ^ Mikhalevich, Yuriy (20 February 2017). ""Хочется доказать Тарасовой, что мы не хромые лошади". История пары фигуристов из Беларуси" ["We wanted to show Tarasova that we're not weaklings]. tut.by (in Russian). Archived from the original on 22 February 2017.
- ^ a b "Lubov BAKIROVA / Mikalai KAMIANCHUK: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 18 July 2012.
- ^ a b "Tatiana DANILOVA / Mikalai KAMIANCHUK: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 27 May 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Lubov BAKIROVA / Mikalai KAMIANCHUK: 2010/2011". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 16 August 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Lubov BAKIROVA / Mikalai KAMIANCHUK: 2009/2010". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 27 July 2010.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b "Competition Results: Tatiana DANILOVA / Mikalai KAMIANCHUK". International Skating Union.
- ^ a b "Competition Results: Lubov BAKIROVA / Mikalai KAMIANCHUK". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 21 April 2014.
External links edit
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